So me and Mrs. Mega decided to try making some chili vodkas and cordials this year. I will update this thread periodically with our progress or lack thereof.
Naturally, the best way to get started with any vodka project is a big-a$$ bottle of Stoli.
We took that big ole jug of vodka and three 1-quart Mason jars. We made three piles of stuff to put in em chilis and whatever we could find around the kitchen that looked like itd be cool in a vodka.
The theory is that we would let it sit in the jars for about 3-4 weeks, with the occasional shake and tumble to get everything mixed up, then strain it through coffee filters twice, and then have some interesting vodka to drink.
OK, so here goes.
Experiment # 1: Apricot-Ginger Orange Habanero Vodka
The raw material:
4 orange habs
zest of two oranges
10 apricots, diced
1 piece of peeled ginger root
to wit:
We stuffed all that in a jar and poured stoli all over it, and this is what we got:
Experiment # 2: Habanero-Coconut-Lime Vodka
Now, this is really getting into the strike zone of the kind of flavors we like. Here, we took:
1 cup, toasted coconut
zest of 2 limes
2 red habaneros
15 Thai markets had em laying around getting old, no other reason
And yet again, we took great pleasure in dousing it all in stoli, and ended up with this:
Experiment # 3: Sort-of-Caribbean Vodka with Almonds
OK, I admit we went a little off the reservation with this one. Thing is, even if it sucks, were still going to drink it and get drunk, so thats worth something.
a bunch of hot paper lanterns
a cup of toasted almonds
½ of a vanilla pod
4 allspice berries
In the end, it came out looking kind of cool:
OK, so heres a pic of the final output of the experiment:
Now theyre going into storage, and I will update again when theres some news on them. Will they taste good? Will we get botulism and die? Soon to find out …
Naturally, the best way to get started with any vodka project is a big-a$$ bottle of Stoli.
We took that big ole jug of vodka and three 1-quart Mason jars. We made three piles of stuff to put in em chilis and whatever we could find around the kitchen that looked like itd be cool in a vodka.
The theory is that we would let it sit in the jars for about 3-4 weeks, with the occasional shake and tumble to get everything mixed up, then strain it through coffee filters twice, and then have some interesting vodka to drink.
OK, so here goes.
Experiment # 1: Apricot-Ginger Orange Habanero Vodka
The raw material:
4 orange habs
zest of two oranges
10 apricots, diced
1 piece of peeled ginger root
to wit:
We stuffed all that in a jar and poured stoli all over it, and this is what we got:
Experiment # 2: Habanero-Coconut-Lime Vodka
Now, this is really getting into the strike zone of the kind of flavors we like. Here, we took:
1 cup, toasted coconut
zest of 2 limes
2 red habaneros
15 Thai markets had em laying around getting old, no other reason
And yet again, we took great pleasure in dousing it all in stoli, and ended up with this:
Experiment # 3: Sort-of-Caribbean Vodka with Almonds
OK, I admit we went a little off the reservation with this one. Thing is, even if it sucks, were still going to drink it and get drunk, so thats worth something.
a bunch of hot paper lanterns
a cup of toasted almonds
½ of a vanilla pod
4 allspice berries
In the end, it came out looking kind of cool:
OK, so heres a pic of the final output of the experiment:
Now theyre going into storage, and I will update again when theres some news on them. Will they taste good? Will we get botulism and die? Soon to find out …
